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Banana Mango Overnight Oats

Add great flavor and good nutrition to your family’s morning meal with this easy-to-make recipe for Banana Mango Overnight Oats.

When I was a kid, my mom never served oatmeal (or any hot cereal) for breakfast. Turns out that when she was a kid, her mom made hot cereal every single day. After one too many bowls, my mom — who is now 82 years old! — still can’t stand the sight of it.

Boo hoo. Sigh, sigh. I was deprived.

I’ve always liked oatmeal and I’ve always appreciated its nutritional merits, but I didn’t start LOVING oats until I discovered overnight oats and created a recipe with just the right texture, flavor, and appeal that my taste buds could simply not resist.

I could eat overnight oats every single day and never tire of it!

The secret to my overnight oats’ success is the proportion of dry ingredients — old-fashioned oats, chia seeds, and sliced almonds — to the liquid ingredients: low-fat milk, Greek yogurt, and agave. Any combo of fruit works well in this recipe. (I recently made it with frozen wild blueberries with great success.)

I actually look forward to waking up in the morning when I know a batch of overnight oats is waiting for me in the fridge! It takes just minutes to assemble and then all you have to do is open the jar, insert a spoon, and dig in. Sometimes I eat half the oats for breakfast and then finish it up for my morning snack. If you have little kids at home, the recipe will probably make enough for two.

Ingredients

⅓ cup old-fashioned oats

2 tablespoons sliced almonds

1 teaspoon chia seeds

Pinch salt

⅓ cup 1% low-fat milk

⅓ cup low-fat vanilla Greek yogurt

1 teaspoon agave or honey

½ cup mixture of finely chopped mango and banana

Instructions

Place the oats, almonds, chia seeds, salt, milk, yogurt, agave, and fruit in a pint-size Mason jar, secure the lid, and shake very well until everything is combined.

Place in the refrigerator overnight and then devour in the morning when the oats and chia seeds are hydrated.

Notes

You can shake up the flavor of this fruity overnight oats recipe by adding a few pinches of ground cinnamon or nutmeg, and you can certainly add any chopped nut; I like to use walnuts and pecans. Add an extra drizzle of agave or honey for more sweetness.

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I was slow to the oats-craze gate, but now I’m hooked! As for my mom, she tells me you couldn’t pay her enough to eat hot cereal. Oh well … more for me 🙂

Great idea! I’m going to try it tonight. Curious – what would be the difference if I use plain greek yogurt? Also wondered that for your smoothie bowl recipes. Can I use plain greek yogurt and possibly some honey/agave in those recipes? Thanks!

Hello I Just tried today, completed love it, I changed little bit since I’m trying to avoid milk products, I replaced for matcha rice milk, adding banana and little bit of organic honey, OMG so delicious…. I’m impressed with the benefits, It helped me a lot just at the first time with my colic day…Amazing….

Hi Pat: I’ve made this many, many times with success. Why don’t you increase the liquid by 1/4 cup the next time you make it and see how it turns out. Sorry it didn’t work well for you. Please let me know how it turns out next time.

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About Liz

I’m Liz Weiss, a registered dietitian nutritionist, mom of two, and cookbook author. I’m passionate about making healthy family food that’s fun for everyone, so I welcome you to explore my blog for recipes, nutrition insights, and mealtime inspiration.